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Sustainably Green – Ambius's carbon
reduction program
During 2009, Ambius started on a journey to a more sustainable
future. We have long recognized and promoted the environmental
benefits of the services we offer, especially interior plants, and we
are confident that they will feature in many more green building
management programs in the near future.
This is all well and good, but if Ambius doesn’t manage itself in a
sustainable fashion, then the benefits of our services are
compromised or negated by our own practices. That is why
Ambius has measured its carbon footprint in North America, the
British Isles and our Pacific region (we’ll be measuring our
continental European and South African carbon footprints in 2010)
and will be implementing a comprehensive carbon action plan.
Ambius's Carbon Footprint
The total carbon footprint of Ambius in the countries we measured
during 2010 was a little under 16,000 tonnes CO2e. Once
changes in emissions factors are taken into account, this is an
improvement of over 10% on the previous year. Some highlights
include:
• 13% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions per employee
to 10.7 tonnes CO2e
• 19% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions per square
metre of premises floor space (0.13 tonnes CO2e / m2 GIA)
• 57% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions associated with
waste sent to landfill
• 5% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions produced by our
vehicle fleet
Our greenhouse gas emissions were calculated using
international standards by our Londonbased carbon management
partners and are explained in our technical statement.
The bulk of our greenhouse gas emissions came from our vehicle
fleet and the energy used to heat, illuminate and cool our
buildings, but we have already made significant progress since
our last report. Waste, paper and corporate travel were also
important contributors to our carbon footprint, but reducing these
will have a relatively small impact on our overall carbon reduction
plan.
Our summary report on our emissions and plans for the next few
years can be found here: Ambius Greenhouse Gas Emissions
2009 Summary and Recommendations.
Regular Sustainably Green Updates
As we progress with the Sustainably Green Program we will
provide regular updates, so check back here to see how far we've
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got in reducing our environmental impact, which in turn will help
our clients reduce their impact. There's still a fair way to go, but
we've taken the first steps without compromising our range of
products or high level of service.
Read more about what we have already done to achieve Planet
Positive status and our Sustainability Green initiatives:
• Measure How we measure our carbon footprint
• Reduce What we have done to reduce our carbon footprint
and our initiatives for 2010
• Invest The action we take to mitigate our impact and
contribute to a better environment
• Ambius's Planet Positive certification
• Sustainably Green products and services
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